Real_Mardin wrote:

> The Sky Sports broadcast lost picture about 20 minutes or so in and
> googling it seems Supersport in Africa has had the same problem.
> Google is reporting the half time score as Senegal 1 - The Gambia 0.

The broadcast feed for everyone went down... I missed a red card, a
second Senegal goal and Nicholas Jackson coming off the bench!

Sky Sports has the picture back and Camara shoots diagonally low past the keeper to put Senegal 2-0 up after 52 minutes!

There might not be many attendance but one group of supporters are playing Jazz style music which is making up for it, the unique sound which makes the AFCON!

RM

Camara places a beautiful shot from outside the area into the top corner to put Senegal 3 - 0 up!

87 minutes played.

RM

FT: Senegal 3 - The Gambia 0

RM

The stadium has filled out a little more for the second part of this Group C double header as Cameroon play Guinea (just how many Guineas are there in this tournament?!?). It’s the Indomitable Lions against the National Elephants!

RM

Guinea had just forced a save, Cameroon fail to clear the biall, some high pressing wins Guinea the ball back and Bayo fires past the keeper to put Guinea 1-0 up. 12 minutes played.

RM

HT Cameroon 0 - Guinea 1

Not been able to watch much of this but have seen enough to know it’s not going the Indomitable Lions’ way!

The Guinea captain has been sent off, which could be a bit of a leveller in the second half.

RM

Magri equalised with a diving header on 51 minutes.

Cameroon showing Indomitable Lion spirit to get back into this.

73 minutes played.

RM

FT: Cameroon 1 - Guinea 1

Cameroon pushed forward in the second half but the 10 men of Guinea dug in to hold on for the point.

Not too sure what to make of this from a Cameroon standpoint. On one hand we came back from 1-0 down to get a point, but on the other should we have done more against 10 men? My fellow Indomitable Lion Mark, what do you think?

RM

9 minutes Algeria 0 -Angola 0

Algeria in their famous green and white kit, Angola’s kit looks like Belgium.

Stadium looks full by AFCON standards?

Algeria looking the more threatening early on.

RM

On 2024-01-15 2:07 p.m., Real_Mardin wrote:
> FT: Cameroon 1 - Guinea 1
>
>
> Cameroon pushed forward in the second half but the 10 men of Guinea dug
> in to hold on for the point.
> Not too sure what to make of this from a Cameroon standpoint. On one
> hand we came back from 1-0 down to get a point, but on the other should
> we have done more against 10 men? My fellow Indomitable Lion Mark, what
> do you think?
>
> RM

Considering Giurassy and Keita were not playing ( I assume both are
injured) and they played most of the game with 10, I would say a good
result for Guinea. I did not see the match.

I will stick with them as my longshot pick, though the main reason I
picked them was due to Keita and Guirassy.

Algeria playing Angola now, if I am to believe the rankings, this should
be an easy win for Algeria

On 2024-01-15 3:25 p.m., Binder Dundat wrote:
> On 2024-01-15 2:07 p.m., Real_Mardin wrote:
>> FT: Cameroon 1 - Guinea 1
>>
>>
>> Cameroon pushed forward in the second half but the 10 men of Guinea
>> dug in to hold on for the point.
>> Not too sure what to make of this from a Cameroon standpoint. On one
>> hand we came back from 1-0 down to get a point, but on the other
>> should we have done more against 10 men? My fellow Indomitable Lion
>> Mark, what do you think?
>>
>> RM
>
> Considering Giurassy and Keita were not playing ( I assume both are
> injured) and they played most of the game with 10, I would say a good
> result for Guinea.  I did not see the match.
>
> I will stick with them as my longshot pick, though the main reason I
> picked them was due to Keita and Guirassy.
>
> Algeria playing Angola now, if I am to believe the rankings, this should
> be an easy win for Algeria

Algeria only leading 1-0 at the half, they had a really nice goal called
back for offside. Algeria looking good for the win, but Angola are
still in it.
I would say more noise coming from this game then most of the games I
saw on the weekend

My internet went off so I haven’t been watching this but Algeria are 1-0 up after 52 minutes.

RM

67 minutes, Angola awarded a penalty for foul in the area, Mamaloulou sp?) hit the crossbar but then knocked his ow rebound into the net (he needn’t have bothered as the replay showed it crossed the line). 1-1 71 minutes played.

RM

Attendance has just been announced as 19740, the Stade de la Paix has a 40000 capacity, not bad by AFCON standards.

RM

On 2024-01-15 4:46 p.m., Real_Mardin wrote:
> Attendance has just been announced as 19740, the Stade de la Paix has a
> 40000 capacity, not bad by AFCON standards.
>
>
> RM

Yeah, the crowd and noise seemed decent for this match, which ended 1-1.
I thought Algeria were the better team, but they really did not do
enough for the projection machine to project them winners. Right now we
are projecting Senegal, but not enough results are in yet.

I think Algeria is third favourite to win this while Angola were ranked
20th out of 24.

FT: Algeria 1 - Angola 1

Algeria had a chance to win it in injury time but the Angolan keeper did well to save the shot.

I have to leave my cosy AFCON bubble tomorrow to venture out into the outside World so no AFCON reports from me until possibly the late game between Mali and South Africa, if anyone else is free to do match reports please feel free to do so.

RM

On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 7:11:54 PM UTC, Real_Mardin wrote:
> FT: Cameroon 1 - Guinea 1
>
>
> Cameroon pushed forward in the second half but the 10 men of Guinea dug in to hold on for the point.
>
> Not too sure what to make of this from a Cameroon standpoint. On one hand we came back from 1-0 down to get a point, but on the other should we have done more against 10 men? My fellow Indomitable Lion Mark, what do you think?
>
> RM

I didn't see the match, but I'd have thought we should be able to beat Guinea. Unless I'm under-rating Guinea? I don't know much about Guinea.

Talking of Cameroon, why isn't Nicolas Nkoulou in the squad?

FT: Burkina Faso 1 - Mauritania 0

Crowd sound lively, seems like Burkina Faso have a lot of traveling support.

RM

I managed to get back from the freezing cold outside just in time to see Burkina Faso awarded a VAR penalty (sliding tackle in the area, was VAR really needed?) in injury time which Traore converted to put them 1-0 up against Mauritania.

RM

Tunisia v Namibia about to start in a sunny and mainly empty Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium. This is the opening match in Group E. It’s the Eagles of Carthage v The Brave Warriors!

Tunisia are in their classic white with red trim, Namibia are wearing a very Portuguese looking dark red with green shorts.

RM

89 minutes, a a deep and high Namibia high ball found Hotto unmarked, he headed into the net to put Namibia 1-0 up.

5 minutes injury time indicated.

RM

FT:

Tunisia 0 - Namibia 1

Another surprise result.

Tunisia forced the Namibia keeper into some good saves, but then Namibia forced a Tunisia defender to hook the ball off the line earlier, so I can’t say the win wasn’t deserved.

RM

On 2024-01-16 2:05 p.m., Real_Mardin wrote:
> FT:
>
> Tunisia 0 - Namibia 1
>
> Another surprise result.
>
> Tunisia forced the Namibia keeper into some good saves, but then Namibia
> forced a Tunisia defender to hook the ball off the line earlier, so I
> can’t say the win wasn’t deserved.
>
> RM

The South will rise again!

Northern teams not doing so well...so far.

Mali v South Africa kicks off.

Many Mali fans in the stands.

South Africa with six players from the same club (?).

This is going to be a match of the tournament contender, I can feel it......

RM